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Aaaaabbbbbbrrrrrriiiiii, ominigbon, abradalabracadabra, wuruwuruwuruwuruwuruwuruwuru, hhhhhmmmmmm, oooookirrrrrimaleeeeee. Okay, after such conjuring, I wish y'all click this link
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Creamish baby, both "Ake" and "Kongi's harvest are two of Wole Soyinka's publications. Ake means an "axe", and Kongi's harvest, only Wole himself can explain that

Thanks for comin back to my thread. I go soon award you the most prized award of the 'Lord of the stitch'

Mmmm, redsun don't get me wrong and although I share the frustrations of some of these posts, I am one that believes in the resuscitation of Nigeria and Nigerians which is more than I can say for most of our compatriots.

All I ask of you is not to apportion blames to those guys that attempt to leave the country through risky means or otherwise in their quest to seek for their individual golden fleece.

The situation in the country is presently one that negates the practice of patience and perseverance. You do not expect the young man who just graduated and is searching desperately for some means of livelihood to wait a thousand years before he can begin to cater for the responsibilities that society and family has thrust on him when everyday he observes those who are supposed to be our leaders do the very same things that discourages enterprise.

A politician who hitherto was a nonentity but overnight becomes super rich is not a veritable role model for any young aspiring man to follow, so rather than steal or engage in militancy and crime, these youths travel across the shores of the motherland to earn a living in a land where the opportunities abound and are in excess of what their own citizens can manage. I believe that you will attest to that.

Thankfully, you happen to be one of the productive Naijans over there and God bless you for investing in your country, but will you agree with me that you would not have been in such an entrepreneural position had you spent all your life in Nigeria.

Your response to the above question would influence the next post I make

Na me hold the "Ake" during "Kongi's Harvest" and what a bumper harvest that turned out to be

Have you ever been to Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria? Let me just whet your appetite with this contribution from http://www.greatedo..com


From ages of stealth in culture and wealth
a land from of old filled with people so bold
come see for BC, visit the city
come show for Edo, sample our ema and ogbono

See the streets so broad and big even the Portuguese dem really dig
The British came and were wide eyed, so our treasures they plundered
Now we be in the area between and betwixt the Niger
now we reawaken, now we become stronger

Great Edo we hail, your walls of sand and clay
great Edo we say, wa domo nowaen
Our land an inheritance of legends born and lived
great Ewuare, Akenzua, Erediauwa, Oba gha to okpere

Come see for Edo, na here dem pour the sand
Where Noah, Shem, Ham and Japheth after the flood dem stand
The giants of the ancient days once trod this very soil
and the moat they stand today as evidence of their toil

A thousand years of history and another thousand years
a monument to victory as said in history
A fulfilling of prophecies amidst hypothesis
now understand the soul and mind of a people good and kind

Great Edo calls one and all as we're of one accord
before the men of babel released the spirits of discord
Osanobua the almighty looks down on one and all
and great Edo once again is standing straight and tall

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Will Africa get a better deal this time around from the G8 countries as Germany prepares to host European and American leaders?

Will Africa get a better deal this time around from the G8 countries as Germany prepares to host European and American leaders?

Now that everything about the new political dispensation has settled down, with the various state executive inaugurations also replicated at the federal level and with the dissolution of the fifth house of assembly and the commencement of the majority freshmen and women in the legislative arm, there is an expectation of vibrancy in the manner of approach that the new administration of Shehu Umar Yar Adua is wont to take.

Exercising patience in the way he handles the assigning of responsibilities, he should ensure that he balances well the need for a kow towing to the systemic process of governance and a personal need for a fulfillment of those yearnings he holds close to his heart. The millions of Nigerians, not minding highfallutin talk by the political gladiators are united in the belief that this seemingly simple man can actually offer them a better deal than his immediate predecessor,

For more on this article see the link http://www.greatedo..com

I do not see any reason why? Was anybody angry with baba when he chose Ufot?

Well, I guess you have sex in mind when asking a question like that, but mind you, should you go ahead when you have been told a categorical NO, then you're no different from a certified true rapist.

No means no, and unless you're the error in the specie of the male type of humankind, you wouldn't do otherwise.

And gurlz, mean it when you say no ok, the guy no fit do nathin. Na una get una thing and unless you decide to give it for free to whoever, it gots to come from the mind. Na so my mama teach us, and the good book corroborates

Sharn06 is a good girl, ayefele, be a good boy and make up with her aaight

Don't tell,

So much for celebrity relationships. This is just gonna make u guys go buy some more of their albums. Don't y'all know some publicity stunts when you see one? Na so Diddy and J_Lo take make people believe say there is something like a perfect love life.

Adamu just broke up with Mulikat in my neighbourhood, I don't see anybody shouting themselves hoarse over that.

And Free, I dig your style meeeeeeeeen. Love and peace to all sincere lovers, y'all know where to find me, http://www.greatedo..com

Do you think President Shehu Umaru Yar Adua can come out of the shadows of Obasanjo?

I wish that the world would come to an end soonest so that all the suffering of the poor people would end and all good people begin to enjoy the promises of the living God. But since no one knows when that's gonna be, lemme wish for somthings else

I wish that Yar Adua would reduce the price of fuel to 2 naira, the way it was when I was in KG 2, I wish that all the artefacts stolen from Benin in 1897 are returned.

I wish that I will find a good girl to get married to, I wish

My first four friends on nairaland
Creamish, sharn , exotique and free
na una dey make this thread stand
na you guys dey make the rest see

Theres sharn06, she holds the aces
and exotique who is a mystique
Creamish something is so tempting
while Free and me are two and three

My first four friends I mean no offence
Throw them rocks and stones and stuff
Cos I'm going to soak em up
and make sure I entertain till I drop

Hope you've changed your mind bout my being a failure

Some guy posted this on my blogger http://greatedo..com

I hope it does some good to your enquiries, and angel101, I hope that tradition could have been the case in those ancient times, but this is the 21st Century and the sitting Oba is learned, I doubt if his royal majesty would subscribe to such practices today. Anyway, enjoy the discourse. You check out the above link for some more on Edo people.

"The first Oba of Benin was a Yoruba prince, that is a fact of history that will come to be accepted in due time, but there is no dispute as to the first Ooni of Ife (and the founder of the Yorubas as they are known today in historical analysis and study) who was a Bini prince. The history of these two nations located in the western coast of Africa are as related as siblings from the same womb.

Selfishly, claimants of ethno/tribal nationalities propose sentimentalities as to the origins of these two nations who asserted themselves creditably at a time where contact with the west was nonexistent or at most minimal. The Binis and Yorubas were companions in the same migratory journey from the north of the continent and as some scholars of history would conclude settled in the region they now find themselves at almost the same time in history.

It is significant to point out here the similarities that they share in their mythology and legends, moreso as they believe in similar spiritual beliefs of a coterie of deities with one supreme being at the head.

However, there is a salient point to be made in the sense that there were in existence already indigenous peoples in this region although these were few and scatterd with no form of a hierarchy of leadership or political/cultural organisation, but the superiority of the people from the north who most believed are a direct descendant from Noah (Shem, who had a dark skin like Seth the son of Adam) contributed in no small way to the sophistication of the political and social organisation of these peoples.

The story of a flooded, virgin infant world bear witness to this and according to the Bini account, the three sons of Noah are the forces of good, evil and earths inhabitants.

Prior to the advent of the Obaship, the Ogisos were saddled with the responsibility of overseeing the governance of the peoples and like all civilisations would evolve to a system of unitary leadership. This was to occur soon after the yearning of the people saw to the ascendency of the primogeniture system of monarchy with the Oba at the head. However, while the Ogisos were thriving, the people further west were at a stage where political organisation was at it's infancy which led to the need for a central authority that conveniently provided itself with the coming of the hitherto Bini prince condemned to die but divinely let free by his executors to fulfill a long expected prophecy of the Yorubas.

It is this first Ooni of Ife that sent his son from a Yoruba woman to commence the monarchy in Benin, and this monarchy has lasted till the present day.

There is an ethno/tribal struggle for supremacy amongst contemporary scholars of these two nations albeit misdirected, up to the point that the Yorubas claim ancestry with the Itsekiris of the delta denying the bond that ties them with Benin. It is worthy of note however that rational thinking contemporary scholars with no room for bias have begun a process for the study of what binds these two peoples together and not the divisive elements which tend to create bad blood. This is a study that should throw more light on the origins of these two peoples.

It is this hope that should see the strenghtening of ties between these two great African civilisations instead of the constant bickerings that have been fuelled by historical accounts originating from European historians, thus unduly influencing the approach to the study of these peoples by generations of indigenous history and anthropology scholars.

Our mumu don do"

Mmmm, now how do I begin? You know, you all got some idea about the entire "koko" (apologies to B'Banj". However, I'm gonna take you to a time in the history of humankind when the locks was considered somewhat of a spiritual thing.

It is safe to assume that thru out the history of man, babies have been born and the probability of a mom giving birth to a kid with dread is an ever present reality. Since the time prior to our common era, some would prefer to call it BC, there was the story of a man called samson, I believe he was the first recorded individual to spot some locks on his hair.

This was a directive from the God of Israel that he should not cut his hair etc, as he was being prepared for something significant for the people of ancient Israel. The bible also recorded that John the baptist was spotting on some locks and with the same reasons adduced for that of Samson.

Thus , it becomes quite plausible that there is an element of spirituality associated with this practice. Non biblical reference also abound that connotes a sense of spirituality associated with this hair concept. Zoroaster was believed to have one and the kings of Babylon were known to have hairstyles similar to locks, only with the array of beauty treatments they were privy to, their own locks were more neatly kept and fashionable.

The hair on a human is regarded as the crown of the body and this is more noticeable with the womenfolk. Even the bible refers to women and their hair etc.

The bottomline is that the earlier reccommendations of keeping locks had to come from a spiritual source. The status of that source, it's authenticity and orientation would depend on the ways in which the individual concerned have cultured him/herself.

For example, the followers of the late Ras Tafari of Ethiopia believe that wearing locks identifies them and their beliefs, there is absolutely no iota of spirituality in that, although they were influenced by the bible characters as mentioned above as they also subscribe to many bible teachings. Ras Tafari had no locks.

Some African cultures though have similarities with the lock wearers and when such occurs, these individuals are viewed as special. It takes a special ceremony for the locks to be cut off and usually sacrifices to some deity or deities follow.

However, thanks to the 21st century fashion trend, some would just spot on locks to make a fashion statement.

But believe you me, out of those wearing these locks naturally might probably be one who is in direct communication with the Father and locks or no locks, when his wrath descends on the wicked and evil, the dread would be felt by all who disregards the warning of the day.

So next time you see a locks wearing brother or sister, just remind yourself that the 411 on the locks thing is the status of the purity of the heart and this is not exclusive to particular tribes or nations.

Love and peace

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My first four friends on nairaland
Creamish, sharn , exotique and free
na una dey make this thread stand
na you guys dey make the rest see

Theres sharn06, she holds the aces
and exotique who is a mystique
Creamish something is so tempting
while Free and me are two and three

My first four friends I mean no offence
Throw them rocks and stones and stuff
Cos I'm gonna soak em up
and make sure I entertain till I drop


I just dey feel like Gabriel Okara this morning, waxing poetic and all. I dedicate that Pulitzer Prize winning poem to all y'all gurlz and I do hope you appreciate. Make una no fear, call me anything you like okay, I no go vex, all join like we say it in the City. I go turn to foam becos of una, no matter the amount of disses, I'll come bouncing back with more good sh_t.

Ehen, before I forget, I am in the process of composing a special one for my gurl "Free", now watch out all o you, it's gonna be dabombbb. make I chill small soak up the weekend. I dey go Owerri for my bros wedding. When I get back, I go gist una wetin happen.

The thread goes on and on and on till the break of dawn is on with the sun in the early morn lighting skies ablaze with burning rays even as I pray that the thread goes on and on and on till the break of dawn (mmm, make I pause here o, make una no go call me kolo again)

Love and peace to all good people
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Can't believe I refused to be Free. Sweet sister, you're like the Methuselah in this thread and I'm like an infant suckling life from a mommy. You senior me well well for the house and your wisdom show. E be like say na only get the gist of my presumed psychosis.

My mum used to sew when we were kids and we had this marching song then while marching on childrens day celebrations some centuries ago. So when about to make a first post called a thread, it was only apt for moi to do a remix of the song.

So much for my juvenile experiences. And again to make it clear, I NO DEY KOLO OH. Kolo when scrabbled could be rearranged to spell "Look". So y'all look at this brother and his style. I hope to have like 20000 posts someday

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Oh sisters, beautiful Nigerian specie of the female version of humankind, lovely sisters, I am filled with love for y'all. Sharn06, sorry to dissapoint but, were I sad I wouldn't be singing a song about a never ending thread now would I?

Whaddafu_k, guess that's what exotique was trying to say, hope you no mind say I help you finish the statement cos some might categorize it as offensive (Like you know, I am a gentleman to the core) and for the Creamish something, a word from the ancient book of wisdom as published in the chronicles of Adagrage, "for those that believe in the concept of the kolomentals, many goodies will come their way" (I know one Mr. Something Orji who would agree with me.

I am so flattered that I'm gettin these comments from all females, wish I could show you the extent of the crazy love I got for the world meeeeen, and most from my peoples from the MSR in great BC, Naijaland. I ain't afraid of failure gurlz, it is only a non Nigerian that would feel daunted or defeated by the possibility of failure and thanks to air and sunlight and my many friends and foes, I got no cause to feel like one

See oh, so you don't get me wrong aaight. I'm a serious, down to earth kinda guy, but who cares, let's have some fun

Now this link is serious though
http://www.greatedo..com

Great Edo, see the blog http://www.greatedo..com

Intelligent comments and critique are very welcome

Meeeeeeeeeeeen, I ain't heard that name since 2002 at Ago Iwoye during my youth service, dem say d thing dey sweet.

Too bad I did not get to taste it though. I hope you learn how to make am oh, cos Ijebu men dey love it and I know say this one wey you dey find recipe so, an Ijebusite is knocking on your daddy's door ( or is about to knock),

Meeeeeeeeeeeen, I ain't heard that name since 2002 at Ago Iwoye during my youth service, dem say d thing dey sweet.

Too bad I did not get to taste it though. I hope you learn how to make am oh, cos Ijebu men dey love it and I know say this one wey you dey find recipe so, an Ijebusite is knocking on your daddy's door ( or is about to knock),

Yeah right, it's easy to say so when you're on the other side. And mind you, a thousand dolls wouldn't even get you to Ghana, talkless of Europe.

Another point of correction, a thousand dolls is worth about 126 k's in Nigerian currency, unless you wanna start an "iya Basira like" joint (apologies to style plus), you'll hardly find a viable business opportunity with that amount.

And so we blame PHCN for erratic power supply that should power our barber shops and salons, good roads that should make our okadas last long enough to offset their purchase price, good security that will enable us make good day's sales without those hard men of the night disposessing us of our earnings, and the ever industrious petroleum marketers churning out new and improved cut throat pricing for their products. The list my dear is endless.

You're there talking, I bear you no grudge, but do not diss those guys that took a decision damning the consequences. Wether na flight or na dinghie, so far man pikin reach yonder. Thats the priority on the minds of those brother and sister Nigerians. Rather than being a shame on their part, it reflects the failure of the leaders of this docile giant called Nigeria. Dem no wan thief, so the next best thing that comes to their minds is janding.

Lets understand that it's not our fault, but then the question is, what do we do about the situation of the motherland?

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Yeah right, it's easy to say so when you're on the other side. And mind you, a thousand dolls wouldn't even get you to Ghana, talkless of Europe.

Another point of correction, a thousand dolls is worth about 126 k's in Nigerian currency, unless you wanna start an "iya Basira like" joint (apologies to style plus), you'll hardly find a viable business opportunity with that amount.

And so we blame PHCN for erratic power supply that should power our barber shops and salons, good roads that should make our okadas last long enough to offset their purchase price, good security that will enable us make good day's sales without those hard men of the night disposessing us of our earnings, and the ever industrious petroleum marketers churning out new and improved cut throat pricing for their products. The list my dear is endless.

You're there talking, I bear you no grudge, but do not diss those guys that took a decision damning the consequences. Wether na flight or na dinghie, so far man pikin reach yonder. Thats the priority on the minds of those brother and sister Nigerians. Rather than being a shame on their part, it reflects the failure of the leaders of this docile giant called Nigeria. Dem no wan thief, so the next best thing that comes to their minds is janding.

Lets understand that it's not our fault, but then the question is, what do we do about the situation of the motherland?

http://www.greatedo..com

kamokpa, kameva nu gbe keke keke nologho nomoike odele owe. Oba gha to okpere, ise. Na so we see am o, love and peace to all people of Edo nation, no need to blow our trumpets here, make we no make dem fear.

Naija is priviledged to have us as one of them, we been too long in the sidelines, now we be letting dem know. Make dem come see wetin dey for BC.

Aduwawa to Ugbiyokho, Ugbor to Ugbowo, Ogida to Sakponba, the legend of the nation dey show. The brither born, bred and battered in BC, now strong enough to understand the mysteries of thousands of years past.

The spirit of the fathers reawaken, now our pride of place should be taken. Great Edo, na one blood dey we veins. Feel us,

ajadrage
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For those about to rock, we salute you

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This is a thread that doesn't end, it keeps goin on and on my friend, Adadrage started sewing it not knowing what it was and y'all come keep sewing it forever just becos, this is a thread that doesn't end, it keeps goin on and on my friend, Adadrage started sewing it not knowing what it was and y'all come keep sewing it forever just becos, this is a thread that doesn't end, it keeps goin on and on my friend, Adadrage started sewing it not knowing what it was and y'all come keep sewing it forever just becos, this is a thread that doesn't end, it keeps goin on and on my friend, Adadrage started sewing it not knowing what it was and y'all come keep sewing it forever just becos, this is a thread that doesn't end, it keeps goin on and on my friend, Adadrage started sewing it not knowing what it was and y'all come keep sewing it forever just becos, this is a thread that doesn't end, it keeps goin on and on my friend, Adadrage started sewing it not knowing what it was and y'all come keep sewing it forever just becos, this is a thread that doesn't end, it keeps goin on and on my friend, Adadrage started sewing it not knowing what it was and y'all come keep sewing it forever just becos, this is a thread that doesn't end, it keeps goin on and on my friend, Adadrage started sewing it not knowing what it was and y'all come keep sewing it forever just becos, this is a thread that doesn't end, it keeps goin on and on my friend, Adadrage started sewing it not knowing what it was and y'all come keep sewing it forever just becos, this is a thread that doesn't end, it keeps goin on and on my friend, Adadrage started sewing it not knowing what it was and y'all come keep sewing it forever just becos, this is a thread that doesn't end, it keeps goin on and on my friend, Adadrage started sewing it not knowing what it was and y'all come keep sewing it forever just becos, this is a thread that doesn't end,

Hey Puker, you're the only one that said somthin about funding,